Instagram Web Interface

#1

Post by ink » Sat, Feb 26, 2011, 8:00 PM UTC

Anybody know why Instagram doesn't have a web interface? I made this one up 2 nights. It doesn't do everything that the app does (yet), but at least you can view your feed, your photos and popular photos.

Instagram Web Interface
instagram.joshink.com

Re: Instagram Web Interface

#2

Post by ink » Tue, Mar 01, 2011, 5:37 PM UTC

I'd like to gather some feedback for http://instagram.joshink.com. It was built for the fun of it, but it's been gaining quite a bit of traction and I'd like to hear from the people using it:

what do you like, hate or want to see added?

I'm planning on rolling it out its own domain and I would like to add the top features requested here.

Re: Instagram Web Interface

#3

Post by iconmaster » Tue, Mar 01, 2011, 5:45 PM UTC

Only two real complaints are:

- no "Load More" button on the main feed

- no way to Like a photo without clicking on it first

(if there were an Ajax-y way to comment on a pic without leaving the main feed, that'd be cool too. But the Liking seems more feasible and necessary.)

Re: Instagram Web Interface

#4

Post by RayMosley » Tue, Mar 01, 2011, 5:47 PM UTC

Great as it is and should really be how Instagram do their own site. The only thing you could possibly add that wouldn't just be noise is a notifications part such as followers or photo comments, if it's not in there already as I don't get many comments or follows to have tested this :(

Re: Instagram Web Interface

#5

Post by ink » Tue, Mar 01, 2011, 6:56 PM UTC

RayMosley wrote: post #4

Great as it is and should really be how Instagram do their own site. The only thing you could possibly add that wouldn't just be noise is a notifications part such as followers or photo comments, if it's not in there already as I don't get many comments or follows to have tested this :(

Unfortunately, Instagram hasn't released an API for accessing the news feed. Apparently they're making quite a bit of changes to it before they release it. I agree, though. That would be awesome!

Re: Instagram Web Interface

#6

Post by ink » Tue, Mar 01, 2011, 7:10 PM UTC

iconmaster wrote: post #3

Only two real complaints are: - no "Load More" button on the main feed - no way to Like a photo without clicking on it first (if there were an Ajax-y way to comment on a pic without leaving the main feed, that'd be cool too. But the Liking seems more feasible and necessary.)

I agree with both points. The only gotcha with liking the photo before drilling into it, has to do with the fact the their API returns a truncated result of all the likes on the media when using any endpoint other than /media/{id)/likes.

The reason that's a problem, is that there's no way for me to know for sure if you already liked something or not. I could A) Assume most people are only clicking on the heart to like something and not to unlike something they already liked, or B) Make a request to /media/{id}/likes for every image on the page. Given the two, I think it'd be safe to assume they just want to like something.

Leaving a comment should be pretty simple ;)